Background

Mr. Jan Leschly serves as a Partner and Chairman of Care Capital, LLC. Before founding Care Capital, Mr. Leschly served as the Chief Executive of SmithKline Beecham PLC (also known as SmithKline Beecham Plc) from 1994 to 2000. Prior to joining SB, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Squibb Corporation. He joined Squibb in 1979 as the Vice President of Commercial Development and since 1984, he served as Vice President with responsibility for the ... Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Products Group. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dampskibsselskabet AF 1912 AS. Mr. Leschly worked for seven years at Novo Nordisk, where he served as an Executive Vice President and President of the Pharmaceutical Division. He worked at NexPrise, Inc. He serves as the Chairman of Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals, LLC (also known as EPIGenesis Pharmaceuticals Inc.). He served as the Chairman of D-pharm Limited. He joined SB as Chairman of the Worldwide Pharmaceutical business in 1990 and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1990. He serves as a Director of Maersk LNG A/S, Cardiokine, Inc., Ventro Corp, and Sunovion Respiratory Development Inc. He serves as a Director of Sunovion Respiratory Development Inc. He has been a Non Independent Director at A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S since 2000. Mr. Leschly is a member of the Boards of Directors of the APM-Maersk Group. He serves as a Director of Vaxart, Inc. and also serves on the International Advisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. He served as a Director of American Express Company from 1997 to April 29, 2013. Mr. Leschly served as a Director of Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation. He served as Director of Dampskibsselskabet AF 1912 AS. He served as a Director of Viacom (aka Viacom Inc.) since May 2000 and D-pharm Limited since 2001. He served as a Director of CBS Corp. since January 1998, SmithKline Beecham Limited since 1990, Squibb Corporation since 1984 and Dynavax Technologies Corporation from 2004 to November 30, 2006. He served as Director of LifeTecNet. He is a Member of Emory University Goizueta Business School Dean's Advisory Council. He serves as the Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He made his name in professional tennis, achieving tenth rank in the world in 1967. Mr. Leschly holds an M.S. in Pharmacy from the Copenhagen College of Pharmacy and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Administration.

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